Dark history of Hollywood: a century of greed, corruption and scandal behind the movies
✍ Scribed by Kieron Connolly
- Publisher
- Amber Books Ltd
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 4 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 1782741771
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
"Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul." -Marilyn Monroe
In 2015, it'll be 100 years since Hollywood became the centre of American cinema and, while it has always presented itself as a place of glamour and home to the beautiful and talented, from its very creation there was a darker side to Tinseltown. Film-makers didn't just move to southern California for its sunny weather, they went West to evade the patent laws restricting the use of movie cameras. From its earliest days, Hollywood, the home of fantasy, created a hothouse of excess--too much money, too much adulation, too much expectation and too much ego. Some actors would trade sex in the, often vain, hope of career advancement, mobsters muscled in on the unions and extorted the studios, while the accountants appear to be among Hollywood's most creative people, managing to ensure that even the Star Wars films haven't yet shown a profit. But...